From owner-freebsd-audit Fri Sep 21 10: 9:58 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-audit@freebsd.org Received: from avocet.mail.pas.earthlink.net (avocet.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.121.50]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 304C837B401 for ; Fri, 21 Sep 2001 10:09:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dialup-209.247.139.34.dial1.sanjose1.level3.net ([209.247.139.34] helo=blossom.cjclark.org) by avocet.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #2) id 15kToH-0000gP-00; Fri, 21 Sep 2001 10:09:54 -0700 Received: (from cjc@localhost) by blossom.cjclark.org (8.11.4/8.11.3) id f8LH9ER01923; Fri, 21 Sep 2001 10:09:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cjc) Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 10:09:14 -0700 From: "Crist J. Clark" To: Bruce Evans Cc: freebsd-audit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Misuse of 'nobody' user for locate(1) Message-ID: <20010921100914.A980@blossom.cjclark.org> Reply-To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu References: <20010920205706.A3050@blossom.cjclark.org> <20010921221010.C75698-100000@delplex.bde.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010921221010.C75698-100000@delplex.bde.org>; from bde@zeta.org.au on Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 10:42:31PM +1000 Sender: owner-freebsd-audit@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 10:42:31PM +1000, Bruce Evans wrote: > On Thu, 20 Sep 2001, Crist J. Clark wrote: Thanks for the good suggestions. > The location was supposed to be controlled by /etc/rc.locate, with the > update script providing a default. It was another bug that the periodic > script hard-coded the location. It might also be considered a bug that the location of the database is hardcoded into locate(1). I would have expected locate(1) to check the /etc/locate.rc file. However, it does not. If I make these changes, that point is moot. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-audit" in the body of the message